About

A reference built over decades

World Records Freshwater Fishing began when Heinz Machacek noticed that published maximum-size data for freshwater fishes were incomplete, and that anglers, commercial fishers, and scientists rarely shared what they knew.

The catalogue compiles attainable maximum sizes with careful distinctions between sport catches, other methods, finds, and reports that cannot be verified — searchable claims, honest uncertainty markers, and an editorial publishing workflow.